CITY EDUCATION INNOVATION MODELS FOR DELIVERING SCHOOLS IN URBAN RENEWAL PRINCESS VENTURA

1. Why worry about schools?

2. Education outcomes – a global comparison

3. Should we worry about a schools shortage?

4. Impediments in delivering schools in Australian cities

5. Imagining built form possibilities

OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION

1. WHY WORRY ABOUT SCHOOLS?

WHY WORRY ABOUT SCHOOLS?

2. EDUCATION OUTCOMES – A GLOBAL COMPARISON

Reading, maths and scientific literacy of 15-year-olds in >70 economies every 3 years

Australia’s falling international ranking

THE OECD PROGRAM FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT (PISA)

THE OECD PISA TOP RANKERS 2015

3. SHOULD WE WORRY ABOUT A SCHOOLS SHORTAGE?

GROWTH CHALLENGE –NSW

SCHOOLS ALREADY HAVE LIMITED CAPACITY - NSW

EDUCATION – AN AFFORDABILITY ISSUE IN NSW

EXTENT OF CHALLENGE – NSW

NEW MODELS NEEDED – NSW

4. IMPEDIMENTS IN DELIVERY SCHOOLS IN AUSTRALIAN CITIES

SIGNIFICANT SYSTEMIC, POLICY AND FUNDING ISSUES TO DELIVERING SCHOOLS

AVAILABILITY OF LAND AND DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES - NSW

CAPITAL AND LAND COSTS - NSW

5. IMAGINING BUILT FORM POSSIBILITIES

SIMON YOUTH ACADEMY IN 25 US SHOPPING CENTRES

Northshore Mall, Peabody Massachusetts

Jointly funded by the Simon Youth Foundation, city council and local businesses

427 square foot for 40 students

Caters to high school students at risk of dropping out

Improved completion rates to 90%

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES INTEGRATED SCHOOL

Primary and secondary education in the country’s best university

Federal funding

Started in 1961

Feeder school into the university

LYCEE FRANCAIS, BOGOTA – URBAN RENEWAL

Lycee Francais, Bogota

K-12 private school

Surroundings gradually transformed from suburban mainly detached dwelling neighbourhood to mixed use high density

Continuously expanded to cater to increase in local residents and demand over the last 30 years within the same site area

SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL – HIGH DENSITY ADAPTIVE REUSE

Singapore International School

Secondary school

Adaptive reuse and partial rebuilding of a 30 year disuse public school

14 storey facility

Joint federal funding by Singapore and Hong Kong governments

SOME OVERRIDING BEST PRACTICE PRINCIPLES

SOME OVERRIDING BEST PRACTICE PRINCIPLES